| domain | ipfs.tech |
| summary | IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is being utilized across diverse applications to address challenges in data storage, accessibility, and collaboration. Key uses highlighted include:
* Decentralized Knowledge & Productivity: Tools like Anytype leverage IPFS for creating resilient, shareable personal knowledge webs. * Censorship Resistance: IPFS enables the restoration of access to information, as demonstrated by the Wikipedia case following a Turkish government block. * Game Optimization: 3S Studios utilizes IPFS to dramatically reduce game file sizes. * Digital Art Preservation: Artists like Nancy Baker Cahill use IPFS for permanent storage of high-resolution art assets. * Scientific Collaboration: WeatherXM employs IPFS for globally collaborative weather data sharing. * Web3 Transparency: Snapshot uses IPFS to record proposals and votes for over 9,000 web3 projects and DAOs. * Space Exploration: Lockheed Martin plans to launch an IPFS node into orbit for interplanetary communication.
IPFS is characterized by its peer-to-peer architecture and content addressing, which focuses on data based on its content rather than its location, fostering a resilient and decentralized network with rapid growth (2000 contributors, 280,000 nodes, 1 billion CIDs). |
| title | An open system to manage data without a central server | IPFS |
| description | IPFS is a modular suite of protocols for addressing, routing, and transferring data, designed from the ground up with the principles of content addressing and peer-to-peer networking. |
| keywords | data, content, read, community, more, founder, storage, open, store, using, peer, build, uses, research, integrity, devices, developers |
| upstreams |
protocol.ai |
| downstreams |
anytype.io, observer.com, youtube.com, thedefiant.io, github.com, filecoin.io, twitter.com |
| nslookup | A 143.244.56.50 |
| created | 2024-02-24 |
| updated | 2025-10-24 |
| summarized | 2025-12-10 |
|
|